Pouring-spout.



P. FAURE.

POURING SPOUT.

APPLICATION-*FILED 23.28, 1910.

Patented Ja,1f1.'.1911.r

mi: mams sez-:ns co., wsumanm. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER FAURE, OF POFITERSVILLE, CALIFORNIA'.

POURING-SPOUT.

Application filed February 28, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER FAURE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portersville, in the county of Tulare, State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pouring-Spouts; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in pouring spouts for oil cansand for like vessels, and has for one of its objects to simplify andimprove the construction and provide a device of this character wherebythe flow of the oil may be controlled and all danger of loss byevaporation orR leakage prevented. l

IVith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claim; and, in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is asectional view of a portion of a can with the improvement applied andshown in sectional elevation, Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of t-hedevice shown in Fig. 1.

The improved device may be applied to cans of any size and of any form,or to cans employed for containing liquids of various kinds, but is moreparticularly applicable to cans for containing oil and from which theoil is to be discharged through a relatively contracted pouring spout,and for the purpose of illustration the improved device is shown appliedto a conventional can, a portion of which is shown at 10 in section.

The improved device is designed to be located over a relatively largeopening in the can and indicated at 11, and consists of a flat basemember 12 bearing upon the can 10 and over the opening 11 and secured,preferably by soldering, to t-he can top. The base 12 is provided with acentral opening surrounded by an upwardly directed converging flange 13,the interior of the flange forming a valve seat, as hereinafterexplained.

Rising from the base 12 is a casing or shell preferably havingconverging sides 14 and a flat top 15 and with a pouring spout 1Gleading from one side. Bearing over the Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 3, 1911.

Serial No. 546,370.

lower edges engaging the inclined wall 14 of the shell, as shown. Theupper portion 15 of the shell is provided with a threaded centralaperture, while the cap 17 is likewise provided with a correspondingaperture, and extending through the apertures of the members 15-17 is athreaded plug 18 having a flange 19 at the upper end which bears uponthe outer face of the cap 17, and thus limits the downward movement ofthe plug. The threaded plug thus forms an effectual coupling means tounite the members 15-17, and braces and supports the plug, and preventslateral movement thereof which would otherwise be liable to displace theplug from engagement with the relatively thin material of the shell 14.This is an important feature of applicants device, as it obviates thenecessity for employing a relatively heavy collar upon the shell tocarry the plug, while at the same time supporting the plug withincreased rigidity and without the necessity for increasing thethickness of the shell. The shell and its cap may thus be constructedfrom relatively thin metal, and thus decreases not only the weight butthe cost of manufacture.

The plug 18 is formed with a central aperture through which a valve stem19 passes, the plug being counterbored and internally threaded toreceive a packing sleeve 20. By this means the stem 19 is eifectuallypacked and leakage around the same prevented. Bearing upon the seatformed by the converging flange 13 is a valve represented as a whole at21 and with its outer face inclined to correspond to the seat 13 and tobear oil-tightupon the same. The valve 21 is provided at its lower sidewith a surrounding flange 22 which forms a flat eX- tension to bearagainst the body of the base 12, and thus increase the bearing surfaceof the flange, and increase its efficiency and oilresisting qualities.

The stem 19 is provided with a shoulder or collar 23 which bears uponthe upper face of the valve 21, and the valve is retained in positionupon the stem by a binding nut 24 engaging the stem 19 below the valve21, as shown. The stem 19 extends for a considerable distance above thecap 17 and terminates in a push button 25, and surrounding the stembetween the button and the cap 17 is a coiled spring 26, the springbeing preferably of conical form as shown, and opershell 14 is acap-like structure 17 with its t ates to maintain the stem in itsoutward position and thus maintain the valve 21 normally engaging itsseat 13. By this simple means it will be obvious that so long as thestem 19 is not actuated by pressure applied to the button Q5, the oilwill not flow from the can, but when it is desired to discharge the oil,the stein 19 is compressed by pressure applied to the button 25, whichmovement operates the valve 21 and permits the oil to tloiv into theshell 14 and thence into the spout 16, and the flow Will continue solong as the pressure is applied to the button. 1When it is desired tostop the i'loiv this will be automatically accomplished by removing thepressure from the button and permitting the reaction of the spring 2G toimmediately close the valve 21. An appro-ved form of vent is alsoemployed in connection with the discharge device, and the constructionof this vent is shown at the lett in Fig. 1, and consists of a baseplate 27 soldered or other- Wise secured to the top plate o1" the can 10and over an aperture 2S, the plate 27 being likewise provided with anaperture 29 registering with the aperture 28, and surrounded by a flange30.

Rising from the plate Q7 is an inclosing shell or chamber 31, preferablyformed with converging sides and With a top 32 inter` nally curved andprovided ivith a vent aperture Disposed Within the chamber 31 andbearing against the inner curved tace of the top 32 is a semi-globularvalve 34:, and bearing between the valve 341 and the bottom plate 27 isa relatively light spring 35, Which operates to maintain the valve 34against the vent and thus shuts ott' ingress therethrough. When thepouring spout is being employed the ditt'erence in pressure between thespace Within the can and forms and to cans employed for contain-A ingliquids of various kinds.

That is claimed is A pouring spout attachment for cans comprising ashell having a valve seat in the bottom and a threaded aperture in thetop,

the side Walls of the shell being converged and provided With a lateralpouring spout, a cap having a central aperture and engaging over saidshell With its sides converging in conformity ivith the converging sidesot' the shell and engaging the same and maintaining the cap spaced fromthe shell, a plug extending through the aperture of the cap and iiangedto bear upon the same and threaded to engage the threaded aperture ofthe shell, a valve engaging the seat of said shell, a stein extendingfrom the valve and through the plug, a packing gland operating in theplug and around the stem, and a spring operating to maintain the stemyieldably in its outward position.

ln testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of tivoWitnesses.

PETER FAURE. lVitnesses:

E. L. Soo'r'r, M. E. DE VITT.

